One woman is squaring up to Shell. Stand with her.
http://amn.st/60058ouD3
Nigeria’s Esther Kiobel is taking on one of the world’s biggest oil companies – Shell – in a final fight for justice over her husband’s killing. She’s pursued them for 22 years, accusing Shell of colluding in her husband’s 1995 execution.
Shell’s quest for oil has devastated the once fertile land in the Niger Delta. Communities have been left destitute from decades of pollution. Oil spills have ravaged farmland and rivers, contaminating their water and putting their health at grave risk. In the1990s, Shell seemingly would stop at nothing to make sure they were turning a profit. The company urged Nigeria’s military government to deal with environmental protests – knowing full well what that could mean. The military killed and tortured people in a brutal crackdown that culminated in the 1995 sham trial and hanging of nine Nigerian men, including Esther’s husband, Dr Barinem Kiobel.
Losing her husband tore Esther’s world apart. Fearing for her life, she fled Nigeria with her children. She never stopped struggling to have her husband’s name cleared.
This month, Esther is taking Shell to court in the Netherlands in what will be a tense David vs Goliath face-off. Shell wants to belittle her claims and keep her complaints out of the public eye. But Esther won’t let them make her feel small. Neither should we.
Tell Shell you’re with Esther.
Send us your message and we will make sure Shell gets it – and that Esther knows you’re standing with her.
Please note, Michael Birnbaum QC does not take a view on Shell's involvement in events.

A UN report says it will cost up to $1bn and take 30 years to clean up the damage done by decades of drilling by Shell.
Oil exploration in Nigeria's south for several decades has had a debilitating effect on the environment of the region.
Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil company, has been accused of serious failures in its handling of the pollution in the Niger Delta and shirking its responsibility.
Activists have demanded that Shell's licence be revoked for the environmental disaster.
But with 90 per cent of the government's revenue coming from petroleum exports, oil companies seem to have clear political leverage over the issue.
Al Jazeera'sYvonne Ndege reports from southern Nigeria.

Ogoni people

The Ogoni Kingdom (also known as the Ogonis) are one of the many indigenous peoples in the region of southeast Nigeria. They number about 1.5 million people and live in a 404-square-mile (1,050km2) homeland which they also refer to as Ogoni, or Ogoniland. They share common oil-related environmental problems with the Ijaw people of Niger Delta.

Land

Land, sometimes referred to as dry land, is the solid surface of the Earth that is not permanently covered by water. The vast majority of human activity occurs in land areas that support agriculture, habitat, and various natural resources.

Areas where land meets large bodies of water are called coastal zones. The division between land and water is a fundamental concept to humans. The demarcation between land and water can vary by local jurisdiction and other factors. A maritime boundary is one example of a political demarcation. A variety of natural boundaries exist to help clearly define where water meets land. Solid rock landforms are easier to demarcate than marshy or swampy boundaries, where there is no clear point at which the land ends and a body of water has begun. Demarcation can further vary due to tides and weather.

Taking on a giant - Shell in Ogoniland, Nigeria

One woman is squaring up to Shell. Stand with her.
http://amn.st/60058ouD3
Nigeria’s Esther Kiobel is taking on one of the world’s biggest oil companies – Shell – in a final fight for justice over her husband’s killing. She’s pursued them for 22 years, accusing Shell of colluding in her husband’s 1995 execution.
Shell’s quest for oil has devastated the once fertile land in the Niger Delta. Communities have been left destitute from decades of pollution. Oil spills have ravaged farmland and rivers, contaminating their water and putting their health at grave risk. In the1990s, Shell seemingly would stop at nothing to make sure they were turning a profit. The company urged Nigeria’s military government to deal with environmental protests – knowing full well what that could mean. The military killed and tortured people in a brutal crackdown that culminated in the 1995 sham trial and hanging of nine Nigerian men, including Esther’s husband, Dr Barinem Kiobel.
Losing her husband tore Esther’s world apart. Fearing for her life, she fled Nigeria with her children. She never stopped struggling to have her husband’s name cleared.
This month, Esther is taking Shell to court in the Netherlands in what will be a tense David vs Goliath face-off. Shell wants to belittle her claims and keep her complaints out of the public eye. But Esther won’t let them make her feel small. Neither should we.
Tell Shell you’re with Esther.
Send us your message and we will make sure Shell gets it – and that Esther knows you’re standing with her.
Please note, Michael Birnbaum QC does not take a view on Shell's involvement in events.

UN slams Shell over Nigeria oil pollution

A UN report says it will cost up to $1bn and take 30 years to clean up the damage done by decades of drilling by Shell.
Oil exploration in Nigeria's south for several decades has had a debilitating effect on the environment of the region.
Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil company, has been accused of serious failures in its handling of the pollution in the Niger Delta and shirking its responsibility.
Activists have demanded that Shell's licence be revoked for the environmental disaster.
But with 90 per cent of the government's revenue coming from petroleum exports, oil companies seem to have clear political leverage over the issue.
Al Jazeera'sYvonne Ndege reports from southern Nigeria.

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Development of Ogoni land : Governor Wike flags off the construction of Saakpemwa-Bori road

Development of Ogoni land : Governor Wike flags off the construction of Saakpemwa-Bori road

Development of Ogoni land : Governor Wike flags off the construction of Saakpemwa-Bori road

How oil pollution destroyed fishing business in Ogoniland

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Minister Of Enviroment Visits Ogoni Land

Minister Of Enviroment Visits Ogoni Land

Minister Of Enviroment Visits Ogoni Land

Minister of environment, AminaMohammed has called for collective responsibility from all stakeholders in the cleanup of Ogoni land. The minister made the call during her visit to the demonstration site of the Ogoni cleanup expected to be flagged up by the president next Thursday.

The Effect Of Oil Spills In Ogoni Land

sd briggs on ogoniland oil pollution pt2 080811

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UNEP In Ogoniland: TownHalls Meetings

UNEP In Ogoniland: TownHalls Meetings

UNEP In Ogoniland: TownHalls Meetings

As part of its ongoing outreach and communications efforts, UNEP participated in several TownHall Meetings in the four local governmment authorities (Khana,Gokhana,Tai and Eleme). This video shows the level of UNEP's engagement with the local communities, and the interaction between local community members and UNEP.

Taking on a giant - Shell in Ogoniland, Nigeria

One woman is squaring up to Shell. Stand with her.
http://amn.st/60058ouD3
Nigeria’s Esther Kiobel is taking on one of the world’s biggest oil companies – Shell – in a final fight for justice over her husband’s killing. She’s pursued them for 22 years, accusing Shell of colluding in her husband’s 1995 execution.
Shell’s quest for oil has devastated the once fertile land in the Niger Delta. Communities have been left destitute from decades of pollution. Oil spills have ravaged farmland and rivers, contaminating their water and putting their health at grave risk. In the1990s, Shell seemingly would stop at nothing to make sure they were turning a profit. The company urged Nigeria’s military government to deal with environmental protests – knowing full well what that could mean. The milita...

UN slams Shell over Nigeria oil pollution

A UN report says it will cost up to $1bn and take 30 years to clean up the damage done by decades of drilling by Shell.
Oil exploration in Nigeria's south for several decades has had a debilitating effect on the environment of the region.
Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil company, has been accused of serious failures in its handling of the pollution in the Niger Delta and shirking its responsibility.
Activists have demanded that Shell's licence be revoked for the environmental disaster.
But with 90 per cent of the government's revenue coming from petroleum exports, oil companies seem to have clear political leverage over the issue.
Al Jazeera'sYvonne Ndege reports from southern Nigeria.

published: 12 Aug 2011

Development of Ogoni land : Governor Wike flags off the construction of Saakpemwa-Bori road

How oil pollution destroyed fishing business in Ogoniland

published: 07 Nov 2016

Minister Of Enviroment Visits Ogoni Land

Minister of environment, AminaMohammed has called for collective responsibility from all stakeholders in the cleanup of Ogoni land. The minister made the call during her visit to the demonstration site of the Ogoni cleanup expected to be flagged up by the president next Thursday.

published: 31 May 2016

How oil pollution sent community packing on Ogoniland

published: 07 Nov 2016

The Effect Of Oil Spills In Ogoni Land

sd briggs on ogoniland oil pollution pt2 080811

published: 10 Aug 2011

UNEP In Ogoniland: TownHalls Meetings

As part of its ongoing outreach and communications efforts, UNEP participated in several TownHall Meetings in the four local governmment authorities (Khana,Gokhana,Tai and Eleme). This video shows the level of UNEP's engagement with the local communities, and the interaction between local community members and UNEP.

GROUP DENIES RESUMPTION OF OIL EXPLORATION IN OGONI LAND

Taking on a giant - Shell in Ogoniland, Nigeria

One woman is squaring up to Shell. Stand with her.
http://amn.st/60058ouD3
Nigeria’s Esther Kiobel is taking on one of the world’s biggest oil companies – She...

One woman is squaring up to Shell. Stand with her.
http://amn.st/60058ouD3
Nigeria’s Esther Kiobel is taking on one of the world’s biggest oil companies – Shell – in a final fight for justice over her husband’s killing. She’s pursued them for 22 years, accusing Shell of colluding in her husband’s 1995 execution.
Shell’s quest for oil has devastated the once fertile land in the Niger Delta. Communities have been left destitute from decades of pollution. Oil spills have ravaged farmland and rivers, contaminating their water and putting their health at grave risk. In the1990s, Shell seemingly would stop at nothing to make sure they were turning a profit. The company urged Nigeria’s military government to deal with environmental protests – knowing full well what that could mean. The military killed and tortured people in a brutal crackdown that culminated in the 1995 sham trial and hanging of nine Nigerian men, including Esther’s husband, Dr Barinem Kiobel.
Losing her husband tore Esther’s world apart. Fearing for her life, she fled Nigeria with her children. She never stopped struggling to have her husband’s name cleared.
This month, Esther is taking Shell to court in the Netherlands in what will be a tense David vs Goliath face-off. Shell wants to belittle her claims and keep her complaints out of the public eye. But Esther won’t let them make her feel small. Neither should we.
Tell Shell you’re with Esther.
Send us your message and we will make sure Shell gets it – and that Esther knows you’re standing with her.
Please note, Michael Birnbaum QC does not take a view on Shell's involvement in events.

One woman is squaring up to Shell. Stand with her.
http://amn.st/60058ouD3
Nigeria’s Esther Kiobel is taking on one of the world’s biggest oil companies – Shell – in a final fight for justice over her husband’s killing. She’s pursued them for 22 years, accusing Shell of colluding in her husband’s 1995 execution.
Shell’s quest for oil has devastated the once fertile land in the Niger Delta. Communities have been left destitute from decades of pollution. Oil spills have ravaged farmland and rivers, contaminating their water and putting their health at grave risk. In the1990s, Shell seemingly would stop at nothing to make sure they were turning a profit. The company urged Nigeria’s military government to deal with environmental protests – knowing full well what that could mean. The military killed and tortured people in a brutal crackdown that culminated in the 1995 sham trial and hanging of nine Nigerian men, including Esther’s husband, Dr Barinem Kiobel.
Losing her husband tore Esther’s world apart. Fearing for her life, she fled Nigeria with her children. She never stopped struggling to have her husband’s name cleared.
This month, Esther is taking Shell to court in the Netherlands in what will be a tense David vs Goliath face-off. Shell wants to belittle her claims and keep her complaints out of the public eye. But Esther won’t let them make her feel small. Neither should we.
Tell Shell you’re with Esther.
Send us your message and we will make sure Shell gets it – and that Esther knows you’re standing with her.
Please note, Michael Birnbaum QC does not take a view on Shell's involvement in events.

UN slams Shell over Nigeria oil pollution

A UN report says it will cost up to $1bn and take 30 years to clean up the damage done by decades of drilling by Shell.
Oil exploration in Nigeria's south fo...

A UN report says it will cost up to $1bn and take 30 years to clean up the damage done by decades of drilling by Shell.
Oil exploration in Nigeria's south for several decades has had a debilitating effect on the environment of the region.
Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil company, has been accused of serious failures in its handling of the pollution in the Niger Delta and shirking its responsibility.
Activists have demanded that Shell's licence be revoked for the environmental disaster.
But with 90 per cent of the government's revenue coming from petroleum exports, oil companies seem to have clear political leverage over the issue.
Al Jazeera'sYvonne Ndege reports from southern Nigeria.

A UN report says it will cost up to $1bn and take 30 years to clean up the damage done by decades of drilling by Shell.
Oil exploration in Nigeria's south for several decades has had a debilitating effect on the environment of the region.
Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil company, has been accused of serious failures in its handling of the pollution in the Niger Delta and shirking its responsibility.
Activists have demanded that Shell's licence be revoked for the environmental disaster.
But with 90 per cent of the government's revenue coming from petroleum exports, oil companies seem to have clear political leverage over the issue.
Al Jazeera'sYvonne Ndege reports from southern Nigeria.

published:12 Aug 2011

views:22984

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Development of Ogoni land : Governor Wike flags off the construction of Saakpemwa-Bori road

Minister of environment, AminaMohammed has called for collective responsibility from all stakeholders in the cleanup of Ogoni land. The minister made the call during her visit to the demonstration site of the Ogoni cleanup expected to be flagged up by the president next Thursday.

Minister of environment, AminaMohammed has called for collective responsibility from all stakeholders in the cleanup of Ogoni land. The minister made the call during her visit to the demonstration site of the Ogoni cleanup expected to be flagged up by the president next Thursday.

UNEP In Ogoniland: TownHalls Meetings

As part of its ongoing outreach and communications efforts, UNEP participated in several TownHall Meetings in the four local governmment authorities (Khana,Gokh...

As part of its ongoing outreach and communications efforts, UNEP participated in several TownHall Meetings in the four local governmment authorities (Khana,Gokhana,Tai and Eleme). This video shows the level of UNEP's engagement with the local communities, and the interaction between local community members and UNEP.

As part of its ongoing outreach and communications efforts, UNEP participated in several TownHall Meetings in the four local governmment authorities (Khana,Gokhana,Tai and Eleme). This video shows the level of UNEP's engagement with the local communities, and the interaction between local community members and UNEP.

Core Digest: OGONI LAND CLEAN-UP; A remedy too late? 3rd June, 2016.

The Ogoni vs oil giant Shell

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published: 08 Mar 2012

The Life & death of Ken Saro Wiwa

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Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian dissident writer, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award and the Goldman Environmental Prize. Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in Nigeria whose homeland, Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta has been targeted for crude oil extraction since the 1950s and which has suffered extreme environmental damage from decades of indiscriminate petroleum waste dumping. Initially as spokesperson, and then as president, of the Movement for the Survival of the OgoniPeople, Saro-Wiwa led a nonviolent campaign against environmental degradation of the land and waters of Ogoniland by the operations of the multinational...

published: 09 Nov 2016

How credible is UN report into Shell's oil pollution in Ogoniland?-Africa Today-08-16-2011

Ogoni Peoples' speech at Oputa Panel

The video highlight the plights of the OgoniPeople, the bad treatment of private oil companies and nonchalant attitude of the Government.
Share and discuss the impact of #OputaPanel towards the development of Human Rights in Nigeria. Join the community here http://goo.gl/e61Hf and re-share with #oputapanel
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published: 04 Feb 2013

The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil'

Documentary covers the trial of Ken Saro Wiwa nigeria, shell, ogoni, oil, ken saro-wiwa, ken, human rights, wiwa, john major, ogoni land, saro, africa, saro wiwa, .
In May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including .
Posted by -- Ogoni writer and activist Saro-Wiwa was executed by the Nigerian government for his campaign for justice in .
Don't Let Shell KillAgain is public policy video edited from two films to support the City of Berkeley's boycott of companies doing business with Shell Oil .

published: 03 Feb 2017

The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil'

In May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including .
The CaseAgainst Shell 'The Hanging of Ken Saro Wiwa in Nigeria. nigeria, shell, ogoni, oil, ken saro-wiwa, ken, human rights, wiwa, john major, ogoni land, .
Part İ of a documentary by Glenn Ellis charting the history of the Ogoni struggle against Shell and the Nigerian government in the early 1990s. With rare footage .
A memorial march is due to be held in Nigeria for a champion of the environment who confronted one of the world's biggest oil companies - and was then .

published: 04 Feb 2017

Episode 14 - CLIMATE CHANGE - Ogoniland a symbol of global pollution

About a million and a half habitants in Ogoniland will continue to drink water with high levels of carcinogens for another 30 years, if cleaning starts today. The giant Shell Oil company has admitted liability for two spills and said that all oil spills were bad for Nigeria. It will pay all the activities related to the cleaning. This is a result of more than 2 decades fight from which many lives succumbed.
In 1990 the late Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa created “The Movement for the Survival of the OgoniPeople” for which he died for. By means of non-violent method, they took the fight to Shell Oil and a corrupt nigerian government against water pollution caused by Shell in Ogoniland which is located in the Niger Delta in the southeast of Nigeria.
In this show, we talk about the work be...

published: 09 Nov 2017

Tape 4.mp4: MOSOP: THE OGONIS AND THE MILITARY - The True Position

INTRODUCTION BY JOHN DONOVAN
This video forms part of evidence quoted in a Dutch writ served on several companies within the Royal Dutch ShellGroup on 28 June 2017 on behalf of four widows of the Ogoni Nine, including Esther Kiobel. The videos include extensive film footage of the ‘Ogoni Nine’ trial held in Nigeria in 1995 known as the Ogoni Civil Disturbances Tribunal. There is also video footage of the subsequent Oputa Panel Proceedings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oputa_panel). Since many of the almost 20 video recordings, some of more than three hours long, are over two decades old, the picture and sound quality is poor and the copyright owner unknown to me. Some are not as long as the time length indicated.
EXTRACTS FROM THE ESTHER KIOBEL JUNE 2017 WRIT
From page 21
As part of...

published: 23 Jul 2017

The Case Against Shell: The Hanging of Ken Saro Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil

In 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including murder in Nigeria in the.
In 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including . The CaseAgainst Shell.
Documentary covers the trial of Ken Saro Wiwa nigeria, shell, ogoni, oil, ken saro-wiwa, ken, human rights, wiwa, john major, ogoni land, saro, africa, saro wiwa, . In 2009, multinational.

published: 11 Dec 2017

Ogoni cleanup

published: 02 Jun 2016

Clean Up Ogoni! A model case of corporate social responsibility in the Nigerian oil sector?

OGONI CULTURAL DAY 2013 - FESTOUR

Ogoni people are one of the many indigenous peoples in the region of southeast Nigeria. They share common oil-related environmental problems with the Ijaw people of Niger Delta, but Ogonis are not listed in the list of people historically belonging to Niger Delta. They number about one point five million people and live in a 404-square-mile (1,050 km2) homeland which they also refer to as Ogoni, or Ogoniland.
The Ogoni rose to international attention after a massive public protest campaign against Shell Oil, led by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP).
According to oral tradition, the Ogoni people migrated from ancient Ghana down to the Atlantic coast eventually making their way over to the eastern Niger Delta. Linguistic calculations done by Kay Williams place the Ogo...

The United NationsEnvironmental Project (UNEP) is one agency of the United Nations, UN, which has shown commitment in making sure that the environmental degradation caused by multinational oil companies in Ogoni is resolved, a request by the government, to investigate the extent of pollution in the region.
The international organization presented its report adjudged as the most detailed scientific study on any area in the Niger Delta to PresidentGoodluck Jonathan on August 4, 2011 in which it criticized Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and the Nigerian government for contributing to 50 years of pollution in Ogoni-land. According to experts, the report of UNEP said 10 out of the 15 examined sites which SPDC said it had wholly remediated still had pollution above the SPDC and government remediation charges.
Legborsi Saro Pyagbara, President for Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, had cried out that in Ogoni-land people were dying daily and were still drinking polluted water, because the clean-up has not been done. Tailored towards the environmental restoration in Ogoni, UNEP confirmed in its report that Ogoni people were not telling lies: That neglect of environmental pollution laws and sub-standard inspection techniques of the federal authorities have led to the complete degradation of the Ogoni environment, turning the environment into an ecological disaster.
Therefore, UNEP held that one billion dollars should be spent to clean-up Ogoni. This was sequel to the recommendations it made to the federal government. They include: Establishment of HYPEP governance structure, creation of operational guidelines, preparation of a detailed work plan and implementation of certain emergency measures to ensure a seamless transition from the submission of the report to the commencement of full scale cleanup of hydrocarbon contamination.

The United NationsEnvironmental Project (UNEP) is one agency of the United Nations, UN, which has shown commitment in making sure that the environmental degradation caused by multinational oil companies in Ogoni is resolved, a request by the government, to investigate the extent of pollution in the region.
The international organization presented its report adjudged as the most detailed scientific study on any area in the Niger Delta to PresidentGoodluck Jonathan on August 4, 2011 in which it criticized Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and the Nigerian government for contributing to 50 years of pollution in Ogoni-land. According to experts, the report of UNEP said 10 out of the 15 examined sites which SPDC said it had wholly remediated still had pollution above the SPDC and government remediation charges.
Legborsi Saro Pyagbara, President for Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, had cried out that in Ogoni-land people were dying daily and were still drinking polluted water, because the clean-up has not been done. Tailored towards the environmental restoration in Ogoni, UNEP confirmed in its report that Ogoni people were not telling lies: That neglect of environmental pollution laws and sub-standard inspection techniques of the federal authorities have led to the complete degradation of the Ogoni environment, turning the environment into an ecological disaster.
Therefore, UNEP held that one billion dollars should be spent to clean-up Ogoni. This was sequel to the recommendations it made to the federal government. They include: Establishment of HYPEP governance structure, creation of operational guidelines, preparation of a detailed work plan and implementation of certain emergency measures to ensure a seamless transition from the submission of the report to the commencement of full scale cleanup of hydrocarbon contamination.

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Reaching more than 270 million households in over 140 countries across the globe, our viewers trust Al Jazeera English to keep them informed, inspired, and entertained.
Our impartial, fact-based reporting wins worldwide praise and respect. It is our unique brand of journalism that the world has come to rely on.
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Recommended further reading - http://amzn.to/2hOioL5 - http://amzn.to/2yudHhE
Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian dissident writer, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award and the Goldman Environmental Prize. Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in Nigeria whose homeland, Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta has been targeted for crude oil extraction since the 1950s and which has suffered extreme environmental damage from decades of indiscriminate petroleum waste dumping. Initially as spokesperson, and then as president, of the Movement for the Survival of the OgoniPeople, Saro-Wiwa led a nonviolent campaign against environmental degradation of the land and waters of Ogoniland by the operations of the multinational petroleum industry, especially the Royal Dutch Shell company. He was also an outspoken critic of the Nigerian government, which he viewed as reluctant to enforce environmental regulations on the foreign petroleum companies operating in the area. on November 10th1995 rhe Nigerian Government under pressure from the Shell oilCompany executed Ken Saro Wiwa. The oil giant Shell has since agreed to pay $15.5m (£9.6m) in settlement of a legal action in which it was accused of having ­collaborated in the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other leaders of the Ogoni tribe of southern Nigeria.

Recommended further reading - http://amzn.to/2hOioL5 - http://amzn.to/2yudHhE
Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian dissident writer, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award and the Goldman Environmental Prize. Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in Nigeria whose homeland, Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta has been targeted for crude oil extraction since the 1950s and which has suffered extreme environmental damage from decades of indiscriminate petroleum waste dumping. Initially as spokesperson, and then as president, of the Movement for the Survival of the OgoniPeople, Saro-Wiwa led a nonviolent campaign against environmental degradation of the land and waters of Ogoniland by the operations of the multinational petroleum industry, especially the Royal Dutch Shell company. He was also an outspoken critic of the Nigerian government, which he viewed as reluctant to enforce environmental regulations on the foreign petroleum companies operating in the area. on November 10th1995 rhe Nigerian Government under pressure from the Shell oilCompany executed Ken Saro Wiwa. The oil giant Shell has since agreed to pay $15.5m (£9.6m) in settlement of a legal action in which it was accused of having ­collaborated in the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other leaders of the Ogoni tribe of southern Nigeria.

published:09 Nov 2016

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How credible is UN report into Shell's oil pollution in Ogoniland?-Africa Today-08-16-2011

Ogoni Peoples' speech at Oputa Panel

The video highlight the plights of the OgoniPeople, the bad treatment of private oil companies and nonchalant attitude of the Government.
Share and discuss th...

The video highlight the plights of the OgoniPeople, the bad treatment of private oil companies and nonchalant attitude of the Government.
Share and discuss the impact of #OputaPanel towards the development of Human Rights in Nigeria. Join the community here http://goo.gl/e61Hf and re-share with #oputapanel
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The video highlight the plights of the OgoniPeople, the bad treatment of private oil companies and nonchalant attitude of the Government.
Share and discuss the impact of #OputaPanel towards the development of Human Rights in Nigeria. Join the community here http://goo.gl/e61Hf and re-share with #oputapanel
Subscribe to OputaPanel's Channel for updates: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=oputapanel

published:04 Feb 2013

views:4050

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The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil'

Documentary covers the trial of Ken Saro Wiwa nigeria, shell, ogoni, oil, ken saro-wiwa, ken, human rights, wiwa, john major, ogoni land, saro, africa, saro wiwa, .
In May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including .
Posted by -- Ogoni writer and activist Saro-Wiwa was executed by the Nigerian government for his campaign for justice in .
Don't Let Shell KillAgain is public policy video edited from two films to support the City of Berkeley's boycott of companies doing business with Shell Oil .

Documentary covers the trial of Ken Saro Wiwa nigeria, shell, ogoni, oil, ken saro-wiwa, ken, human rights, wiwa, john major, ogoni land, saro, africa, saro wiwa, .
In May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including .
Posted by -- Ogoni writer and activist Saro-Wiwa was executed by the Nigerian government for his campaign for justice in .
Don't Let Shell KillAgain is public policy video edited from two films to support the City of Berkeley's boycott of companies doing business with Shell Oil .

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The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil'

In May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including .
The CaseAgainst Shell 'The Hanging of Ken Saro Wiwa in Nigeria. nigeria, shell, ogoni, oil, ken saro-wiwa, ken, human rights, wiwa, john major, ogoni land, .
Part İ of a documentary by Glenn Ellis charting the history of the Ogoni struggle against Shell and the Nigerian government in the early 1990s. With rare footage .
A memorial march is due to be held in Nigeria for a champion of the environment who confronted one of the world's biggest oil companies - and was then .

In May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including .
The CaseAgainst Shell 'The Hanging of Ken Saro Wiwa in Nigeria. nigeria, shell, ogoni, oil, ken saro-wiwa, ken, human rights, wiwa, john major, ogoni land, .
Part İ of a documentary by Glenn Ellis charting the history of the Ogoni struggle against Shell and the Nigerian government in the early 1990s. With rare footage .
A memorial march is due to be held in Nigeria for a champion of the environment who confronted one of the world's biggest oil companies - and was then .

Episode 14 - CLIMATE CHANGE - Ogoniland a symbol of global pollution

About a million and a half habitants in Ogoniland will continue to drink water with high levels of carcinogens for another 30 years, if cleaning starts today. T...

About a million and a half habitants in Ogoniland will continue to drink water with high levels of carcinogens for another 30 years, if cleaning starts today. The giant Shell Oil company has admitted liability for two spills and said that all oil spills were bad for Nigeria. It will pay all the activities related to the cleaning. This is a result of more than 2 decades fight from which many lives succumbed.
In 1990 the late Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa created “The Movement for the Survival of the OgoniPeople” for which he died for. By means of non-violent method, they took the fight to Shell Oil and a corrupt nigerian government against water pollution caused by Shell in Ogoniland which is located in the Niger Delta in the southeast of Nigeria.
In this show, we talk about the work behind Environmental Rights Action, Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA) organisation which plays an important role, in recent years, to bring these issue to a local, national and international scene. These practices could serve as good examples but mostly create faith in the people victims of environmental problems, mainly caused by giant and small international trading companies that are operating in the sub-saharan region.
Philip Jakpor, is our guest today. He is a head of media in ERA. A journalist by profession who experienced these moments first as a journalist and then with ERA. His message to victims is critical and clear: Remain resolute in demanding justice. Never give up!
Picture: Philip Jakpor is getting ready for a presentation in VIKES seminar - Helsinki (Picture by Thierry FrancisMbabane)
Host: Thierry Francis Mbabane
Finnish translation: Annukka Kolehmainen

About a million and a half habitants in Ogoniland will continue to drink water with high levels of carcinogens for another 30 years, if cleaning starts today. The giant Shell Oil company has admitted liability for two spills and said that all oil spills were bad for Nigeria. It will pay all the activities related to the cleaning. This is a result of more than 2 decades fight from which many lives succumbed.
In 1990 the late Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa created “The Movement for the Survival of the OgoniPeople” for which he died for. By means of non-violent method, they took the fight to Shell Oil and a corrupt nigerian government against water pollution caused by Shell in Ogoniland which is located in the Niger Delta in the southeast of Nigeria.
In this show, we talk about the work behind Environmental Rights Action, Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA) organisation which plays an important role, in recent years, to bring these issue to a local, national and international scene. These practices could serve as good examples but mostly create faith in the people victims of environmental problems, mainly caused by giant and small international trading companies that are operating in the sub-saharan region.
Philip Jakpor, is our guest today. He is a head of media in ERA. A journalist by profession who experienced these moments first as a journalist and then with ERA. His message to victims is critical and clear: Remain resolute in demanding justice. Never give up!
Picture: Philip Jakpor is getting ready for a presentation in VIKES seminar - Helsinki (Picture by Thierry FrancisMbabane)
Host: Thierry Francis Mbabane
Finnish translation: Annukka Kolehmainen

INTRODUCTION BY JOHN DONOVAN
This video forms part of evidence quoted in a Dutch writ served on several companies within the Royal Dutch ShellGroup on 28 June 2017 on behalf of four widows of the Ogoni Nine, including Esther Kiobel. The videos include extensive film footage of the ‘Ogoni Nine’ trial held in Nigeria in 1995 known as the Ogoni Civil Disturbances Tribunal. There is also video footage of the subsequent Oputa Panel Proceedings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oputa_panel). Since many of the almost 20 video recordings, some of more than three hours long, are over two decades old, the picture and sound quality is poor and the copyright owner unknown to me. Some are not as long as the time length indicated.
EXTRACTS FROM THE ESTHER KIOBEL JUNE 2017 WRIT
From page 21
As part of “Operation Restore Order in Ogoniland”, 15 Ogoni leaders were arrested in the months following May 1994, including Barinem Kiobel, Baribor Bera, Nordu Eawo and Paul Levula. The arrests followed the murder of four traditional Ogoni leaders at a meeting in Giokoo, a village in Ogoniland. From the outset the regime was clear that it suspected these men of involvement in the murders. More than 18 months later, on 10 November 1995, nine of the fifteen who were arrested, Barinem Kiobel, Ken Saro- Wiwa, Baribor Bera, John Kpuinen, Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levula and Felix Nuate, were executed following a trial that came to be known as the Ogoni 9 trial. In the absence of any evidence against the suspects and because of the clearly corrupt nature of the judicial process the international community condemned the executions as judicial murder. It soon became clear that multiple human rights had been violated during the trial and the executions that followed it.
From pages 80/81
As was explained in chapter 4, the Ogoni 9 trial, which commenced 6 February 1995, was a carefully prepared show trial. The 15 suspects had, when the trial started, already been held in custody for more than eight months without official charge, although it was clear that they had been apprehended on suspicion of involvement in the murder of the four traditional Ogoni leaders on 21 May 1994. Ken Saro-Wiwa, Barinem Kiobel and Baribor Bera did not hear the official charge until 28 January 1995, while Nordu Eawo and Paul Levula received the indictment on 28 February 1995. In this period the hearings of the specially set up Ogoni Civil Disturbances Special Tribunal also started. Footage of these hearings is submitted as exhibit 247. Fragments from them can also be seen in the revealing documentary “In-Remembrance Ken Saro-Wiwa” (exhibit 252).384 The trial would last until 31 October 1995 and end with the death penalty being carried out on nine of the fifteen suspects, who were executed on 10 November 1995. The serious human rights violations to which the suspects were exposed during the trial and that ultimately led to the executions are described in chapter 4.
Because it soon became clear that the suspects would not receive a fair trial and were in fact political prisoners because of their opposition to Shell, all eyes were on the company. Shell falsely claimed to be following an apolitical course whilst exerting its influence through quiet diplomacy. In reality, it was very much involved with the course of the events during the trial, and in the meantime fully dedicating itself to its negotiations with the regime regarding the NLNG project which would be settled at the same time. At no time whatsoever did Shell reveal any dissatisfaction with the course of events, not even when it sent a tepid letter to Abacha just before the execution of the Ogoni 9 with a request for a pardon, for which it had apologised to the regime in advance.385 While Nigeria had by then been internationally degenerated into a pariah state, Shell continued to collaborate with the regime just as intensively.
EXTRACTS END
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE ESTHER KIOBEL WRIT
The extracts are from an English translation of a 138 page Writ of Summons served on Royal Dutch Shell companies on 28 June 2017 by Dutch Human Rights law firm Prakken d’Oliveira. They represent four widows including Esther Kiobel who hold Shell liable for the murder of their husbands individual Ogoni leaders now known collectively as the ‘Ogoni Nine‘. MOSOP Chairman Ken Saro-Wiwa was one of the group.
Disclosure: The lead claimant Esther Kiobel, Channa Samkalden of the Dutch human rights law firm Prakken d’Oliveira representing the widows, and the acclaimed human rights organisation Amnesty International, have all acknowledged the involvement of John Donovan in bringing the June 2017 case.
See Amnesty International Campaign: ONE WOMAN VS SHELL
(https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/06/one-nigerian-widow-vs-shell/
John Donovan Website: http://royaldutchshellplc.com

INTRODUCTION BY JOHN DONOVAN
This video forms part of evidence quoted in a Dutch writ served on several companies within the Royal Dutch ShellGroup on 28 June 2017 on behalf of four widows of the Ogoni Nine, including Esther Kiobel. The videos include extensive film footage of the ‘Ogoni Nine’ trial held in Nigeria in 1995 known as the Ogoni Civil Disturbances Tribunal. There is also video footage of the subsequent Oputa Panel Proceedings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oputa_panel). Since many of the almost 20 video recordings, some of more than three hours long, are over two decades old, the picture and sound quality is poor and the copyright owner unknown to me. Some are not as long as the time length indicated.
EXTRACTS FROM THE ESTHER KIOBEL JUNE 2017 WRIT
From page 21
As part of “Operation Restore Order in Ogoniland”, 15 Ogoni leaders were arrested in the months following May 1994, including Barinem Kiobel, Baribor Bera, Nordu Eawo and Paul Levula. The arrests followed the murder of four traditional Ogoni leaders at a meeting in Giokoo, a village in Ogoniland. From the outset the regime was clear that it suspected these men of involvement in the murders. More than 18 months later, on 10 November 1995, nine of the fifteen who were arrested, Barinem Kiobel, Ken Saro- Wiwa, Baribor Bera, John Kpuinen, Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levula and Felix Nuate, were executed following a trial that came to be known as the Ogoni 9 trial. In the absence of any evidence against the suspects and because of the clearly corrupt nature of the judicial process the international community condemned the executions as judicial murder. It soon became clear that multiple human rights had been violated during the trial and the executions that followed it.
From pages 80/81
As was explained in chapter 4, the Ogoni 9 trial, which commenced 6 February 1995, was a carefully prepared show trial. The 15 suspects had, when the trial started, already been held in custody for more than eight months without official charge, although it was clear that they had been apprehended on suspicion of involvement in the murder of the four traditional Ogoni leaders on 21 May 1994. Ken Saro-Wiwa, Barinem Kiobel and Baribor Bera did not hear the official charge until 28 January 1995, while Nordu Eawo and Paul Levula received the indictment on 28 February 1995. In this period the hearings of the specially set up Ogoni Civil Disturbances Special Tribunal also started. Footage of these hearings is submitted as exhibit 247. Fragments from them can also be seen in the revealing documentary “In-Remembrance Ken Saro-Wiwa” (exhibit 252).384 The trial would last until 31 October 1995 and end with the death penalty being carried out on nine of the fifteen suspects, who were executed on 10 November 1995. The serious human rights violations to which the suspects were exposed during the trial and that ultimately led to the executions are described in chapter 4.
Because it soon became clear that the suspects would not receive a fair trial and were in fact political prisoners because of their opposition to Shell, all eyes were on the company. Shell falsely claimed to be following an apolitical course whilst exerting its influence through quiet diplomacy. In reality, it was very much involved with the course of the events during the trial, and in the meantime fully dedicating itself to its negotiations with the regime regarding the NLNG project which would be settled at the same time. At no time whatsoever did Shell reveal any dissatisfaction with the course of events, not even when it sent a tepid letter to Abacha just before the execution of the Ogoni 9 with a request for a pardon, for which it had apologised to the regime in advance.385 While Nigeria had by then been internationally degenerated into a pariah state, Shell continued to collaborate with the regime just as intensively.
EXTRACTS END
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE ESTHER KIOBEL WRIT
The extracts are from an English translation of a 138 page Writ of Summons served on Royal Dutch Shell companies on 28 June 2017 by Dutch Human Rights law firm Prakken d’Oliveira. They represent four widows including Esther Kiobel who hold Shell liable for the murder of their husbands individual Ogoni leaders now known collectively as the ‘Ogoni Nine‘. MOSOP Chairman Ken Saro-Wiwa was one of the group.
Disclosure: The lead claimant Esther Kiobel, Channa Samkalden of the Dutch human rights law firm Prakken d’Oliveira representing the widows, and the acclaimed human rights organisation Amnesty International, have all acknowledged the involvement of John Donovan in bringing the June 2017 case.
See Amnesty International Campaign: ONE WOMAN VS SHELL
(https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/06/one-nigerian-widow-vs-shell/
John Donovan Website: http://royaldutchshellplc.com

published:23 Jul 2017

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The Case Against Shell: The Hanging of Ken Saro Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil

With:
- Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental activist, co-winner of the Right Livelihood Award2010, poet, Benin City, Nigeria
- Sarah Lincoln, Policy Advisor Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Bread for the World, BerlinModerator: Dagmar Dehmer, Journalist, Der Tagespiegel, Berlin
Heinrich-Böll-Foundation in cooperation with Bread for the World.
In June 2016, Nigeria’s vice-president signalled the first five years of the planned clean-up of the oil-polluted Niger Delta – one of the largest such operations in the world. The cost of the programme will run into the billions and, according to the United Nations (UN), it may have to continue for 30 years. The ambitious project is being undertaken in reaction to a report released by the UN’s environmental programme (UNEP) in 2011. In it, scientists outlined in much detail how, for decades, Ogoniland had experienced pollution on a massive scale, affecting the health and the livelihoods of its inhabitants.
Responsibility clearly rests with a consortium made up of the state-run Nigerian oil company NNPC and international oil firms, most prominently Shell. Up until 1993, when oil production was finally halted after years of protest by the Ogoni people, 900 million barrels worth about 30 billion US dollars had been produced. Today, the companies involved will have to share in footing the bill for the clean-up.
With the exception of Ogoniland, oil is still being produced in the Niger Delta, and the environment as well as residents’ health is being affected by oil spills and the flaring of natural gas. Will the “Clean UpOgoni” campaign set a precedent?
This, and other questions, will be the focus of our talk. Under the catchphrase “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) there is much talk about how companies may act in ways that respect the wider needs of society. Is “Clean Up Ogoni” a model example for such responsible behaviour? What preconditions will have to be met in order to master this giant task? In what ways will Ogoni communities be able to participate? And, what actual processes are in place, including on the international level, to make companies accountable for pollution and human rights abuses?

With:
- Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental activist, co-winner of the Right Livelihood Award2010, poet, Benin City, Nigeria
- Sarah Lincoln, Policy Advisor Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Bread for the World, BerlinModerator: Dagmar Dehmer, Journalist, Der Tagespiegel, Berlin
Heinrich-Böll-Foundation in cooperation with Bread for the World.
In June 2016, Nigeria’s vice-president signalled the first five years of the planned clean-up of the oil-polluted Niger Delta – one of the largest such operations in the world. The cost of the programme will run into the billions and, according to the United Nations (UN), it may have to continue for 30 years. The ambitious project is being undertaken in reaction to a report released by the UN’s environmental programme (UNEP) in 2011. In it, scientists outlined in much detail how, for decades, Ogoniland had experienced pollution on a massive scale, affecting the health and the livelihoods of its inhabitants.
Responsibility clearly rests with a consortium made up of the state-run Nigerian oil company NNPC and international oil firms, most prominently Shell. Up until 1993, when oil production was finally halted after years of protest by the Ogoni people, 900 million barrels worth about 30 billion US dollars had been produced. Today, the companies involved will have to share in footing the bill for the clean-up.
With the exception of Ogoniland, oil is still being produced in the Niger Delta, and the environment as well as residents’ health is being affected by oil spills and the flaring of natural gas. Will the “Clean UpOgoni” campaign set a precedent?
This, and other questions, will be the focus of our talk. Under the catchphrase “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) there is much talk about how companies may act in ways that respect the wider needs of society. Is “Clean Up Ogoni” a model example for such responsible behaviour? What preconditions will have to be met in order to master this giant task? In what ways will Ogoni communities be able to participate? And, what actual processes are in place, including on the international level, to make companies accountable for pollution and human rights abuses?

OGONI CULTURAL DAY 2013 - FESTOUR

Ogoni people are one of the many indigenous peoples in the region of southeast Nigeria. They share common oil-related environmental problems with the Ijaw peopl...

Ogoni people are one of the many indigenous peoples in the region of southeast Nigeria. They share common oil-related environmental problems with the Ijaw people of Niger Delta, but Ogonis are not listed in the list of people historically belonging to Niger Delta. They number about one point five million people and live in a 404-square-mile (1,050 km2) homeland which they also refer to as Ogoni, or Ogoniland.
The Ogoni rose to international attention after a massive public protest campaign against Shell Oil, led by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP).
According to oral tradition, the Ogoni people migrated from ancient Ghana down to the Atlantic coast eventually making their way over to the eastern Niger Delta. Linguistic calculations done by Kay Williams place the Ogoni in the Niger Delta since before 15 BC, making them one of the oldest settlers in the eastern Niger Delta region. Radiocarbon dating taken from sites around Ogoniland and the neighboring communities oral traditions also support this claim.[3] Traditionally, the Ogoni are agricultural, also known for livestock herding, fishing, salt and palm oil cultivation and trade.
WIN, an acronym for
"What Is New"
is a comprehensive multimedia services package for maximum news distribution across several media channels via WIN TV, exclusively dedicated for New Media production and Broadcating

Ogoni people are one of the many indigenous peoples in the region of southeast Nigeria. They share common oil-related environmental problems with the Ijaw people of Niger Delta, but Ogonis are not listed in the list of people historically belonging to Niger Delta. They number about one point five million people and live in a 404-square-mile (1,050 km2) homeland which they also refer to as Ogoni, or Ogoniland.
The Ogoni rose to international attention after a massive public protest campaign against Shell Oil, led by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP).
According to oral tradition, the Ogoni people migrated from ancient Ghana down to the Atlantic coast eventually making their way over to the eastern Niger Delta. Linguistic calculations done by Kay Williams place the Ogoni in the Niger Delta since before 15 BC, making them one of the oldest settlers in the eastern Niger Delta region. Radiocarbon dating taken from sites around Ogoniland and the neighboring communities oral traditions also support this claim.[3] Traditionally, the Ogoni are agricultural, also known for livestock herding, fishing, salt and palm oil cultivation and trade.
WIN, an acronym for
"What Is New"
is a comprehensive multimedia services package for maximum news distribution across several media channels via WIN TV, exclusively dedicated for New Media production and Broadcating

Taking on a giant - Shell in Ogoniland, Nigeria

One woman is squaring up to Shell. Stand with her.
http://amn.st/60058ouD3
Nigeria’s Esther Kiobel is taking on one of the world’s biggest oil companies – Shell – in a final fight for justice over her husband’s killing. She’s pursued them for 22 years, accusing Shell of colluding in her husband’s 1995 execution.
Shell’s quest for oil has devastated the once fertile land in the Niger Delta. Communities have been left destitute from decades of pollution. Oil spills have ravaged farmland and rivers, contaminating their water and putting their health at grave risk. In the1990s, Shell seemingly would stop at nothing to make sure they were turning a profit. The company urged Nigeria’s military government to deal with environmental protests – knowing full well what that could mean. The military killed and tortured people in a brutal crackdown that culminated in the 1995 sham trial and hanging of nine Nigerian men, including Esther’s husband, Dr Barinem Kiobel.
Losing her husband tore Esther’s world apart. Fearing for her life, she fled Nigeria with her children. She never stopped struggling to have her husband’s name cleared.
This month, Esther is taking Shell to court in the Netherlands in what will be a tense David vs Goliath face-off. Shell wants to belittle her claims and keep her complaints out of the public eye. But Esther won’t let them make her feel small. Neither should we.
Tell Shell you’re with Esther.
Send us your message and we will make sure Shell gets it – and that Esther knows you’re standing with her.
Please note, Michael Birnbaum QC does not take a view on Shell's involvement in events.

UN slams Shell over Nigeria oil pollution

A UN report says it will cost up to $1bn and take 30 years to clean up the damage done by decades of drilling by Shell.
Oil exploration in Nigeria's south for several decades has had a debilitating effect on the environment of the region.
Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil company, has been accused of serious failures in its handling of the pollution in the Niger Delta and shirking its responsibility.
Activists have demanded that Shell's licence be revoked for the environmental disaster.
But with 90 per cent of the government's revenue coming from petroleum exports, oil companies seem to have clear political leverage over the issue.
Al Jazeera'sYvonne Ndege reports from southern Nigeria.

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Development of Ogoni land : Governor Wike flags off the construction of Saakpemwa-Bori road

Development of Ogoni land : Governor Wike flags off the construction of Saakpemwa-Bori roa...

Restoration of Ogoniland @ National Confab

The United NationsEnvironmental Project (UNEP) is one agency of the United Nations, UN, which has shown commitment in making sure that the environmental degradation caused by multinational oil companies in Ogoni is resolved, a request by the government, to investigate the extent of pollution in the region.
The international organization presented its report adjudged as the most detailed scientific study on any area in the Niger Delta to PresidentGoodluck Jonathan on August 4, 2011 in which it criticized Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and the Nigerian government for contributing to 50 years of pollution in Ogoni-land. According to experts, the report of UNEP said 10 out of the 15 examined sites which SPDC said it had wholly remediated still had pollution above the SPDC and government remediation charges.
Legborsi Saro Pyagbara, President for Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, had cried out that in Ogoni-land people were dying daily and were still drinking polluted water, because the clean-up has not been done. Tailored towards the environmental restoration in Ogoni, UNEP confirmed in its report that Ogoni people were not telling lies: That neglect of environmental pollution laws and sub-standard inspection techniques of the federal authorities have led to the complete degradation of the Ogoni environment, turning the environment into an ecological disaster.
Therefore, UNEP held that one billion dollars should be spent to clean-up Ogoni. This was sequel to the recommendations it made to the federal government. They include: Establishment of HYPEP governance structure, creation of operational guidelines, preparation of a detailed work plan and implementation of certain emergency measures to ensure a seamless transition from the submission of the report to the commencement of full scale cleanup of hydrocarbon contamination.

The Ogoni vs oil giant Shell

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The Life & death of Ken Saro Wiwa

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Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian dissident writer, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award and the Goldman Environmental Prize. Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in Nigeria whose homeland, Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta has been targeted for crude oil extraction since the 1950s and which has suffered extreme environmental damage from decades of indiscriminate petroleum waste dumping. Initially as spokesperson, and then as president, of the Movement for the Survival of the OgoniPeople, Saro-Wiwa led a nonviolent campaign against environmental degradation of the land and waters of Ogoniland by the operations of the multinational petroleum industry, especially the Royal Dutch Shell company. He was also an outspoken critic of the Nigerian government, which he viewed as reluctant to enforce environmental regulations on the foreign petroleum companies operating in the area. on November 10th1995 rhe Nigerian Government under pressure from the Shell oilCompany executed Ken Saro Wiwa. The oil giant Shell has since agreed to pay $15.5m (£9.6m) in settlement of a legal action in which it was accused of having ­collaborated in the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other leaders of the Ogoni tribe of southern Nigeria.

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How credible is UN report into Shell's oil pollution in Ogoniland?-Africa Today-08-16-2011

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) says it will take Nigeria several decades to...

Ogoni Peoples' speech at Oputa Panel

The video highlight the plights of the OgoniPeople, the bad treatment of private oil companies and nonchalant attitude of the Government.
Share and discuss the impact of #OputaPanel towards the development of Human Rights in Nigeria. Join the community here http://goo.gl/e61Hf and re-share with #oputapanel
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The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil'

The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil'

Documentary covers the trial of Ken Saro Wiwa nigeria, shell, ogoni, oil, ken saro-wiwa, ken, human rights, wiwa, john major, ogoni land, saro, africa, saro wiwa, .
In May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including .
Posted by -- Ogoni writer and activist Saro-Wiwa was executed by the Nigerian government for his campaign for justice in .
Don't Let Shell KillAgain is public policy video edited from two films to support the City of Berkeley's boycott of companies doing business with Shell Oil .

23:57

The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil'

In May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court...

The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil'

In May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including .
The CaseAgainst Shell 'The Hanging of Ken Saro Wiwa in Nigeria. nigeria, shell, ogoni, oil, ken saro-wiwa, ken, human rights, wiwa, john major, ogoni land, .
Part İ of a documentary by Glenn Ellis charting the history of the Ogoni struggle against Shell and the Nigerian government in the early 1990s. With rare footage .
A memorial march is due to be held in Nigeria for a champion of the environment who confronted one of the world's biggest oil companies - and was then .

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Episode 14 - CLIMATE CHANGE - Ogoniland a symbol of global pollution

About a million and a half habitants in Ogoniland will continue to drink water with high l...

Episode 14 - CLIMATE CHANGE - Ogoniland a symbol of global pollution

About a million and a half habitants in Ogoniland will continue to drink water with high levels of carcinogens for another 30 years, if cleaning starts today. The giant Shell Oil company has admitted liability for two spills and said that all oil spills were bad for Nigeria. It will pay all the activities related to the cleaning. This is a result of more than 2 decades fight from which many lives succumbed.
In 1990 the late Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa created “The Movement for the Survival of the OgoniPeople” for which he died for. By means of non-violent method, they took the fight to Shell Oil and a corrupt nigerian government against water pollution caused by Shell in Ogoniland which is located in the Niger Delta in the southeast of Nigeria.
In this show, we talk about the work behind Environmental Rights Action, Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA) organisation which plays an important role, in recent years, to bring these issue to a local, national and international scene. These practices could serve as good examples but mostly create faith in the people victims of environmental problems, mainly caused by giant and small international trading companies that are operating in the sub-saharan region.
Philip Jakpor, is our guest today. He is a head of media in ERA. A journalist by profession who experienced these moments first as a journalist and then with ERA. His message to victims is critical and clear: Remain resolute in demanding justice. Never give up!
Picture: Philip Jakpor is getting ready for a presentation in VIKES seminar - Helsinki (Picture by Thierry FrancisMbabane)
Host: Thierry Francis Mbabane
Finnish translation: Annukka Kolehmainen

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LONDON (AP) — A British surgeon has admitted assaulting two patients by burning his initials into their livers during transplant operations ...Bramhall used an argon beam coagulator, which seals bleeding blood vessels with an electric beam, to mark his initials on the organs ... ....

District JudgeTed Stewart said during a hearing in Salt Lake City that Lyle Jeffs deserved the 57-month prison sentence because his behavior showed he doesn't respect U.S ... Jeffs is an adult. He knows right from wrong." ... He was ordered to pay $1 million in restitution ... "I do humbly accept my responsibly for my actions ... The FBI put up a $50,000 reward....

Norway made the official switch to become the first country in the world to shut down national broadcasts of its FM networks and made to switch to all digital audio broadcasting (DAB), according to The Guardian... 11. DAB allows for a higher quality sound with more channels and functions for an eighth of the cost of FM radio, according to authorities ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....

... Bhavan.&nbsp;He said this during inspection of ongoing land development works of Christian Bhavan at Guntur on Wednesday. He said that land puja of Christian Bhavan would be held on December 26....

It could never be said that Susan Vitale didn't do her research looking for a place for her husband, Michael, to undergo rehabilitation treatment following his stroke a year ago. "I looked at 30 places," said Susan, who found something lacking in each of them. That was until she visited The Springs at MonarchLanding in Naperville... ....

About a year after Redlands began assembling property near the CityYard, residents finally know why ... 12. In December 2016, the City Council established a special fund for the SafetyHall project and soon began purchasing land near the City Yard at 1270 W. Park Ave. Though the city has used the fund for two land deals — and plans to use it for a third — it would not specify its reasons for the purchases until this week ... ....

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Leaving no stone unturned, Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski swung for the fences and tried to land Marcell Ozuna from the Marlins ... LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Leaving no stone unturned, Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski swung for the fences and tried to land Marcell Ozuna from the Marlins ... So we were in the mix enough for them to do that," said Dombrowski ... Video ... Video....

NEW ALBANY — The city of New Albany and a developer hope to bring new housing options to downtown New Albany by transforming a vacant Bank Street property into condominiums and commercial space ... ....

Adrian Martinez — a consensus four-star prospect who’s a top-100 recruit according to ESPN — is now a Husker, announcing his decision Wednesday to pick Nebraska over Tennessee. He’ll enroll early at NU and try to win the starting job… ... ....